Below the John Dunn Bridge

Kuvaus:

The Taos Box is full of life, even in winter: American dippers, river otters, canyon wrens, elk, common goldeneye, and who knows what else? Watching a dipper gives some idea why biologists survey benthic aquatic invertebrates to gauge stream health. http://tinyurl.com/j239xy3 From 1953 until 2005 no river otters were observed in New Mexico. Even in 2005 the observations consisted only of scat found in Navajo Lake State Park. http://tinyurl.com/hv6b6s2 From 2008 to 2010 a small number of river otters was translocated from Washington State to northern New Mexico. That number may include the otters in this video. http://tinyurl.com/huza2rt The Taos Box is located within the boundaries of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, which was created in 2013. It makes me happy that this beautiful, rugged place might be preserved for a while longer. [taxonomy:binomial=Catherpes mexicanus] [taxonomy:binomial=Cinclus mexicanus] [taxonomy:binomial=Lontra canadensis] [taxonomy:binomial=Cervus elaphus] [taxonomy:binomial=Bucephala clangula]